Stars of “Barbie,” “Oppenheimer” and different Oscar-nominated movies got here collectively on Monday on the annual nominees luncheon, a celebratory occasion the place actors, administrators and behind-the-scenes artists mingled and posed for a gaggle picture.
Ryan Gosling, nominated for enjoying Ken within the Barbie film, stood out within the lodge ballroom in a lilac-coloured go well with. He stopped to greet Messi, a canine that performed a key position in greatest image nominee Anatomy of a Fall.
Emma Stone, a greatest actress contender for her position in darkish comedy Poor Things, and Maestro stars Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan, additionally chatted with colleagues and studio executives.
Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr. – all nominees for atomic bomb drama Oppenheimer – additionally labored their approach by means of the gang. Director Steven Spielberg, a nominee as a producer for greatest image nominee Maestro, posed for selfies.
Along with A-list stars, the gang included sound mixers, costume designers and different craftspeople. At the top, the handfuls of nominees had been referred to as to the stage for a gaggle picture.
The temper was overwhelmingly upbeat as nominees celebrated their achievements and nobody needed to fear about shedding, or making a speech, as they do on Oscar night time.
“I wish I could bottle the excitement in this room,” mentioned Janet Yang, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the group that palms out the Oscars.
This 12 months’s Oscars will happen on March 10 and be broadcast reside on Walt Disney’s ABC community.
